Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh brothers to reduce food in the middle of a cut from us and others star-news.press/wp

Coxov Bazaar, Bangladesh – Rohingya Refugees in Rooker Camps say they are concerned about the US decision to reduce food meals by early months, while a refugee official will affect the grant of more than a million refugees and creation of “social and mental pressure.”

President Donald Trump suddenly stopped most of the foreign aid and dismantled the American International Development Agency, which significantly interfered with the global humanitarian sector. Trump 20. January Executive Account froze financing for the 90-daily view.

World Food ProgramThe UN Chief Agency recently announced that the food reduction will enter into force starting on 1. April in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, where dozens of camps settled Rohingy refugees.

More than 700,000 Muslim Rohing came out to Bangladesh from Myanmar starting from the end of August 2017. year when Myanmar army launched “approval operation”. The ethnic group faces discrimination and is denied citizenship and other rights in the Buddhist majority. After the military pick up in 2021, the country was demanding in the armed conflict that is widely considered a civil war.

It was not immediately clear whether the WFP decision was directly related to the shares of the Trump administration.

“We received a letter that (he said) was $ 12.50, and now it’s $ 12.50 a month, and from now on, the Shamsud Douza, an additional assistant for refugees and the repatriate that the Commissioner Bangladesh said.

“While food is cut, they will get less nutritious food, which can lead to a lack of nutrition. There will be social and mental pressure created between people Rohingy in their community. They will have to look for an alternative to food,” he said.

Douza said there are several sectors in which calculations were cut out of nutrients, but would not say whether the WFP reduction is associated with US feedback.

“Generally, it will be less (Rohingya) after a reduction. The answer has already slowed down, and some people, including Rohingy, lost their jobs, and some services are reduced. No good results when available services,” he said.

The provisional Bangladesh Government said the end of USAID payments would stop other projects in Bangladesh, but financing for Rohingy refugees will continue to flow.

The United States is a top donor Bangladesh for Rohingy refugees, providing UN emergency food and nutritional assistance. The US usually provide almost half of the money for help spent on a humanitarian response to Rohingy refugees in Bangladesh, provided by about $ 300 million in 2024. Years.

As news about the upcoming reduction of food spread through camps in the Cox Bazaar, fear and frustration caught refugees.

“I’m afraid of how I will run my family, because we don’t have the opportunities that generate revenue here. I’m afraid when I heard it,” said 40-year-old manzur ahmed. “How will I buy rice, chile, salt, sugar and a Dal, let alone fish, meat and vegetables, with 700 tako (6 dollars)? We will not even buy (cooking) oil. How do we get them?”

Medical treatment also decreases, refugees said.

“When we go to the hospital, they don’t provide medications unless it’s urgent. They only provide for the hiring patients alone. They would now provide only treatment to those in emergencies,” said 32-year-old Dildar Begum.

Hundreds of thousands lived in Bangladesh for decades, and about 70,000 crossed the border of Myanmar 2024. Years. During the fighting with military juntas, the opposition force known as Arakan Army Effective took off parse and take place in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh says Rohingy refugees must return to Myanmar, who were accused at the International Court of Genocide against Rohingy.